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Goal #4: Reveal Their Strengths #30goals
Goal 4 of The 30 Goals Challenge 2012! Click the link to find out more about the new changes to this year's 30 Goals Challenge for Educators! “Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think" ~ Christopher Robin to Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne), shared by Chuck Sandy Goal Short-term- Think about Read full article »
Goal #3: Ask a Learner #30goals
Goal 3 of The 30 Goals Challenge 2012! Click the link to find out more about the new changes to this year's 30 Goals Challenge for Educators! "Great teachers empathize with kids, respect them, and believe that each one has something special that can be built upon." ~Ann Lieberman Goal Short-term- Ask a learner about his/her learning style and/or habits by conducting a Read full article »
Carrots and…Smaller Carrots? The Values Dilemma! Food for Thought by Patrick Jackson
In Dublin we have an anti-littering campaign with posters that read ‘Litter is disgusting and so are those responsible’. I’d hazard that the tagline has no effect at all on the littering population who are brazen enough to throw litter on the streets. I doubt any one of them gives a flying fig about what a poster like this says. Read full article »
Goal #2: Highlight Your Magical Teaching Moment #30goals
Goal 2 of The 30 Goals Challenge 2012! Click the link to find out more about the new changes to this year's 30 Goals Challenge for Educators! "Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of becoming.~ Goethe Goal Short-term- Share with us your magical moment in teaching! What learner did Read full article »
Goal 1: Create Your Me Manifesto #30goals
Goal 1 of The 30 Goals Challenge 2012! Click the link to find out more about the new changes to this year's 30 Goals Challenge for Educators! "The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire." ~ Ferdinand Foch "Manifesto: a public declaration of principles and intentions." via Wikipedia Goal Short-term- Create your Me Manifesto either on a blog, using Animoto, Muzy, Glogster, or any Read full article »
On the Horizon: 20+ Free Professional Development Opportunities for 2012
Part of the Cool Sites series January is the month when many of us are motivated to accomplish our goals for the year. If you are like me then you may have experienced several years of getting goals accomplished then felt defeated. In April 2009, I joined Twitter and began collaborating and communicating with educators and found that this interaction helped Read full article »
Reflection, Motivation, and Inspiration
This year many of us will try to accomplish goals with our students and in our personal lives. I think as we approach this process it is important to consider our reflective rituals, how we receive inspiration, and identify what works for us in achieving our goals and what prevents us from achieving our goals. I tend to be successful Read full article »
And Maddest of All to See Education As It Is & Not As It Should Be
The way I tackle life comes from one of my favorite books, Miguel De Cervantes’ Don Quixote of La Mancha. Briefly, the protagonist of the story, an idealist, is told he is mad and responds, I have lived nearly fifty years, and I have seen life as it is. Pain, misery, hunger ... cruelty beyond belief. I have heard the singing from Read full article »
Happy Holidays from Shelly & Rosco!
This year has been amazing because you have shared with us and inspired us. In April 2009, I began my journey using social media (Twitter, Facebook, Nings, Second Life, blogs, etc.) to develop my passionate/personal learning network (PLN). I was so inspired by my PLN that I sought out to visit you at various conferences and events worldwide. This has led Read full article »
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